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Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet FrancQuintus is the latest venture of the Dillon family - owners of Chteau Haut Brion. This new 28 hectare estate was created following the purchase and amalgamation of Chteaux Tertre Daugay and L'Arrosée in Saint Emilion - vineyards close to Angélus. In 2022 it is...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon.This Saint Emilion property is owned by the Castéja family of Chteau Batailley.50% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Merlot.The quality of the 2022 Trotte Vieille took me by surprise, but clearly more diligent viticulture, combi...

In 2025 the wine is 99% Merlot, 1% Cabernet FrancBest Value Buy.The 2025 Laroque is a gorgeous, super-elegant wine. Vibrant, salivating acids and beams of tannin are the first signs we are on the clay/limestone plateau in Saint-Émilion's Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes sector. Blood orange, mint, chalk...

2025 is 98% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc.Top wine to watch.Chteau Belair Monange is now owned by the Moueix family, and has had a new name since the 2008 vintage. This is one of the best vineyards in Saint Emilion and in the 1850s was rated as the appellation's leading property. It is perched at the to...

In 2025 the wine is 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.The 2025 Bellefont-Belcier is another step forward for this Saint-Émilion estate. Aromatic and silky but with plenty of power, the 2025 hits all the right notes. Crushed flowers, mint, tobacco, incense and anise present gorg...

In 2025 the wine is 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet FrancBest Value Buy.The 2025 Tour Saint Christophe is a stunner. Rich and explosive, the 2025 possesses remarkable depth and pure power. All the elements are so well balanced. Tour Saint Christophe is always a big wine, but the 2025 has an unusual level o...

2025 is 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc.The 2025 Tertre Rôteboeuf is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine. Silky and seamless on the palate, with exceptional finesse, the 2025 marries power with elegance in grand style. Crushed flowers, blue-toned fruit, mocha and a kiss of French oak expand in the gl...

The 2025 vintage here is 65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc.This 38 hectare estate is situated below Ausone and close to Pavie on the limestone south-facing slopes of Saint Emilion.The 2025 La Gaffelière soars out of the glass with magnificent intensity. Strong Cabernet Franc overtones and bright salin...

The pureness of fruit is exceptional, with a long and linear palate of wonderfully curated raspberry, cherry and blueberry aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied. You almost don’t see the tannins, but you know they are there. So silky and endless. It has the core of fruit of the best of the vintage.99-...

84% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet FrancThe 2025 Valandraud is breathtaking. It’s the first vintage made by Jean-Luc Thunevin and Marie Lefévère together. It therefore represents a changing of the guard, now that Lefévère and her husband, Christophe, have taken full ownership of th...

This Saint Emilion property is owned by the Castéja family of Chteau Batailley. Impressive quality here in recent vintages. some of the Cabernet Franc is over 100 years old. In 2025 they are bottling some wine in the historic Bordeaux Marie-Jeanne format - 2.25l (or three bottles). Individually box...

Special Edition - 2.2 Litre Traditional bottle - LImited EditionThis Saint Emilion property is owned by the Castéja family of Chteau Batailley. Impressive quality here in recent vintages. some of the Cabernet Franc is over 100 years old. In 2025 they are bottling some wine in the historic Bordeaux...

2025 is 86% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc.The 2025 Larcis Ducasse is another exceptional wine from one of the most under-the-radar estates in Saint-Émilion. Dark red-fleshed fruits, rose petal, lavender, mocha, licorice, sage and graphite are all seamless in the glass. The 2025 marries power with fine...

Owned by fashion house Chanel (along with Rauzan-Ségla). The chteau itself has recently enjoyed a substantial make-over. It is now right back up there as one of the very best of all the Saint Emilion chteaux.The 2025 is 76% Merlot, 24% Cabernet FrancThe 2025 Canon continues this property's brillian...

One of the great names and terroirs of Saint-Emilion whose wines exude class and sophistication rather than raw power. There have been some serious improvements here recently under winemaker Frédéric Faye. Stunning wines in recent vintages make Figeac one of the hottest properties in Bordeaux. An...

This 22 hectare vineyard is very well situated close to Canon and Belair Monange, just to the west of the village of St Emilion. Thomas Duclos is the consultant here - as he is at neighbouring Canon.2025 Bécot is 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc.The 2025 Beau-Séjour Bécot continues this estate's br...

Clos Fourtet is managed by Mathieu Cuvelier - with Jean Claude Berrouet, who earned fame as the winemaker for Petrus.84% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Cabernet Franc.The 2025 Clos Fourtet is elegant, polished and super refined. Bracing mineral notes cut through a core of dark red and blue-to...

There have been massive and revolutionary changes here, with picking at a much earlier date and all the manipulative extraction techniques abandoned in favour of more traditional winemaking. Aymeric de Gironde (formerly of Pichon Baron & Cos D’Estournel) is to be applauded for his radical restylin...

Only three families have owned Ausone since the 14th Century. Alain Vauthier has made massive improvements since taking full control of the winemaking and management of his family property in 1997.30% Merlot, 65% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.A high-definition wine. Wow. The aromas are incre...